CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — After leaving the Army and spending two years working at a Tesla plant, Austin Olson said he felt something was missing.
On Friday, that search for purpose brought him to a stage inside of the Texas A&M-CC Performing Arts Building, where the former Army Ranger joined 15 classmates graduating from the Corpus Christi Police Department’s 85th Police Academy session.
3NEWS caught up with Olson before the ceremony, where he talked about his life after the Army, and what ultimately led him back into a life of service…